Condition dependence of male and female reproductive success: insights from a simultaneous hermaphrodite.

ABSTRACT: Sexually selected traits are predicted to show condition dependence by capturing the genetic quality of its bearer. In separate-sexed organisms, this will ultimately translate into condition dependence of reproductive success of the sex that experiences sexual selection, which is typically the male. Such condition dependence of reproductive success is predicted to be higher in males than females under conditions promoting intense sexual selection. For simultaneous hermaphrodites, however, sex allocation theory predicts that individuals in poor condition channel relatively more resources into the male sex function at the expense of the female function. Thus, male reproductive success is expected to be less condition dependent than female reproductive success. We subjected individuals of the

SUBMITTER: Janicke T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4739575 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature